A conversation with Sharda Ugra

Sharda Ugra has been a sports journalist for over 25 years in which she has worked across a range of media; print (tabloid, broadsheet and news magazines), radio (Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s overseas service), and online. She is currently senior editor at ESPNcricinfo, the world’s biggest independent single-sport website. Sharda has covered and reported on a range of sports in Iran, China, Port of Spain and Peshawar. The majority of her writing has revolved around cricket. She has written about cricket for popular and academic publications in India, England and Australia. She has worked with former New Zealand cricket captain John Wright and Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh on their memoirs in cricket and has won several awards for sports writing.